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General | Posted 11 years agoI recently realized just how few of my stories were on Fur Affinity. It's not because I'm ashamed of some of them...
Well...
Okay, yes: I am.
I never posted some of my old stories. They were pretty primitive. The grammar is horrendous. The punctuation: laughable, at best. The plot...
What plot?
But I wanted to archive these, somewhere, now that my non-FA storage has gone bye-bye. My old Web host stopped hosting Web sites for individuals and deleted all my stuff. So, even though a lot of it was hidden, I didn't want to lose it. Then, thanks to
Ctcwired, I got the idea to post the furry stories, here, to my little space. There are still many others I have not posted because, well, they were non-furry. The other stories I once wrote under my pseudonym of "the Obsessive-Compulsive" still exist but, really, just aren't here.
Non-posted are "the Size Club", "Story-In-Progress", "Small Problems", "September Kryptonite", "Reflections and Empty Ice", "Clarity", "In the Shadow of Plovers", "Time to Kill", "Landscape", "Indoctrination", "the Interview", "Skylands - Beauty in Shadows", "Skylands - Clouded Justice", "Wicker Man: a Shadowrun Fanfic", "Entrée", and "the Stranger and the Boy". I also saved my old, college-era collaborative science-fiction story, "In The Dreamstate". (I'm also not going to post the story I wrote for "Fang - vol. 4", "The Long Walk" ... you should go buy that one.)
Those that I have posted are:
"Catharsis"
"Horse Sense" (yes; that one)
"A Witch on Christmas Eve"
"A Hard Knight's Day"
"Introspection"
"In Love and With the World at Their Feet"
"Fire Fish"
"Running Scared"
"Lyon's Pub: Lone Wolf"
"Lyon's Pub: Final Curtain"
"the Couriers"
"From Beyond the Next Right Angle"
"A View From Below"
"Welcome to Halfway"
All of them have been preserved in their original, horrible grammar and punctuation (except where I took the time to update my hyphens to em-dashes and replace several instances of "it's" with "its".)
Sadly, I have lost the first of my old "Joshuwain/Twin Empires" stories: "Morning in Errom-Dal" which, I suspect, will be lost forever to the ether. I also can't find my old MEGAMorphics story "Welcome to Halfway". Oh, well: at least I've saved these few.
In any event, I figured folk might want to see where I began and see just how bad I used to be.
Enjoy (but be kind!)
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
ADDENDUM: Moonfire found "Welcome to Halfway" and another one (one I'd forgotten about): "A View From Below". I've asked for them to be emailed to me! Whoot!
Well...
Okay, yes: I am.
I never posted some of my old stories. They were pretty primitive. The grammar is horrendous. The punctuation: laughable, at best. The plot...
What plot?
But I wanted to archive these, somewhere, now that my non-FA storage has gone bye-bye. My old Web host stopped hosting Web sites for individuals and deleted all my stuff. So, even though a lot of it was hidden, I didn't want to lose it. Then, thanks to
Ctcwired, I got the idea to post the furry stories, here, to my little space. There are still many others I have not posted because, well, they were non-furry. The other stories I once wrote under my pseudonym of "the Obsessive-Compulsive" still exist but, really, just aren't here.Non-posted are "the Size Club", "Story-In-Progress", "Small Problems", "September Kryptonite", "Reflections and Empty Ice", "Clarity", "In the Shadow of Plovers", "Time to Kill", "Landscape", "Indoctrination", "the Interview", "Skylands - Beauty in Shadows", "Skylands - Clouded Justice", "Wicker Man: a Shadowrun Fanfic", "Entrée", and "the Stranger and the Boy". I also saved my old, college-era collaborative science-fiction story, "In The Dreamstate". (I'm also not going to post the story I wrote for "Fang - vol. 4", "The Long Walk" ... you should go buy that one.)
Those that I have posted are:
"Catharsis"
"Horse Sense" (yes; that one)
"A Witch on Christmas Eve"
"A Hard Knight's Day"
"Introspection"
"In Love and With the World at Their Feet"
"Fire Fish"
"Running Scared"
"Lyon's Pub: Lone Wolf"
"Lyon's Pub: Final Curtain"
"the Couriers"
"From Beyond the Next Right Angle"
"A View From Below"
"Welcome to Halfway"
All of them have been preserved in their original, horrible grammar and punctuation (except where I took the time to update my hyphens to em-dashes and replace several instances of "it's" with "its".)
Sadly, I have lost the first of my old "Joshuwain/Twin Empires" stories: "Morning in Errom-Dal" which, I suspect, will be lost forever to the ether. I also can't find my old MEGAMorphics story "Welcome to Halfway". Oh, well: at least I've saved these few.
In any event, I figured folk might want to see where I began and see just how bad I used to be.
Enjoy (but be kind!)
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
ADDENDUM: Moonfire found "Welcome to Halfway" and another one (one I'd forgotten about): "A View From Below". I've asked for them to be emailed to me! Whoot!
Room 2019 at MWFF
General | Posted 11 years agoOne and all: 
JamesFoxes, 
DDFox, and myself (
Sylvan) are at Midwest FurFest in the executive wing, room 2019! :)
Where are you? What are you doing?
Yours,
Sylvan
JamesFoxes, 
DDFox, and myself (
Sylvan) are at Midwest FurFest in the executive wing, room 2019! :)Where are you? What are you doing?
Yours,
Sylvan
Eggs With A Side Of Hate
General | Posted 11 years agoHello, world.
I just had breakfast. It was a contender for the worst meal, of any time of the day, in my life. This is not hyperbole. The curious thing is that the food was good, the service: excellent, and the place, a favorite of mine where I’m well-known and welcomed whenever I go. My visits have gotten frequent enough that the waitresses know what I will drink the moment I walk in the door and that, almost always, I order a side of the spicy avocado verde with my eggs. Today was no different in any of those qualities.
What did differ from normal was the group of racist, Christian supremacist, homophobic, professional victims sitting at a table behind me. What started with one of them crowing about how a dumb college student at a Catholic college had been chastised for speaking in support of homosexuality and, when he told his professor that he had a right to speak his opinion, was told he did not have that right by a higher, university authority. They laughed at him, derided him in absentia, for daring to speak against commonly-understood Catholic stances on “queers”. Of course, they said, he should have been kicked out of the school.
It was a few minutes later that they began to talk about the Muslims (aka “the mahz-lehms”). They started by talking about how they were infiltrating the police, courts, and elected offices, “because that’s how they do it”. Then, they spoke about how a woman got killed by her mahzlehm father for dating a white guy (“you know: normal” … yes, he actually said that) and how the judge let him off because it was allowed under Sharia law. Finally, towards the end of this all-you-can-eat racism buffet, one said that the answer was simple: deport them all, nuke the Middle East, and take their oil. “But you have to be sure to get rid of the Somalians, too … they’re just as bad.”
These people were about half elderly (white hair, wrinkles, etc…) and the other half were in my age-bracket of their forties to fifties. They were nearly the only other people in the place and were very loud. Needless to say, I ate as quickly as I could and left.
Why didn’t I confront them? Honestly: I thought about it.
Sure, I agree that the First Amendment doesn’t mean you can’t be told by a private institution to sit down and shut up … or that certain topics are not allowed when on the premises. That’s fine. It’s the attitude and self-righteous dogma that made me bristle. Their horrific world-view made my stomach churn, quite literally. And I knew that if I confronted them, nothing would be solved. Nothing would change except I would be even angrier and they would be increasingly entrenched.
Will I go back to my favorite breakfast spot?
Without the shadow of a doubt. I love that place. But if I walk in and see that group of angry, bitter, hateful people, there, I’ll find another restaurant. I don’t need a side-dish of bullshit with my omelet.
I just had breakfast. It was a contender for the worst meal, of any time of the day, in my life. This is not hyperbole. The curious thing is that the food was good, the service: excellent, and the place, a favorite of mine where I’m well-known and welcomed whenever I go. My visits have gotten frequent enough that the waitresses know what I will drink the moment I walk in the door and that, almost always, I order a side of the spicy avocado verde with my eggs. Today was no different in any of those qualities.
What did differ from normal was the group of racist, Christian supremacist, homophobic, professional victims sitting at a table behind me. What started with one of them crowing about how a dumb college student at a Catholic college had been chastised for speaking in support of homosexuality and, when he told his professor that he had a right to speak his opinion, was told he did not have that right by a higher, university authority. They laughed at him, derided him in absentia, for daring to speak against commonly-understood Catholic stances on “queers”. Of course, they said, he should have been kicked out of the school.
It was a few minutes later that they began to talk about the Muslims (aka “the mahz-lehms”). They started by talking about how they were infiltrating the police, courts, and elected offices, “because that’s how they do it”. Then, they spoke about how a woman got killed by her mahzlehm father for dating a white guy (“you know: normal” … yes, he actually said that) and how the judge let him off because it was allowed under Sharia law. Finally, towards the end of this all-you-can-eat racism buffet, one said that the answer was simple: deport them all, nuke the Middle East, and take their oil. “But you have to be sure to get rid of the Somalians, too … they’re just as bad.”
These people were about half elderly (white hair, wrinkles, etc…) and the other half were in my age-bracket of their forties to fifties. They were nearly the only other people in the place and were very loud. Needless to say, I ate as quickly as I could and left.
Why didn’t I confront them? Honestly: I thought about it.
Sure, I agree that the First Amendment doesn’t mean you can’t be told by a private institution to sit down and shut up … or that certain topics are not allowed when on the premises. That’s fine. It’s the attitude and self-righteous dogma that made me bristle. Their horrific world-view made my stomach churn, quite literally. And I knew that if I confronted them, nothing would be solved. Nothing would change except I would be even angrier and they would be increasingly entrenched.
Will I go back to my favorite breakfast spot?
Without the shadow of a doubt. I love that place. But if I walk in and see that group of angry, bitter, hateful people, there, I’ll find another restaurant. I don’t need a side-dish of bullshit with my omelet.
Epic Rap Battles: the Mythbusters vs. the Ghostbusters!
General | Posted 11 years agoThey're back for the fourth season! And, now, they're starting with the Mythbusters vs. the Ghostbusters! Whoot!
https://youtu.be/w0pnTm-KK9kFirst Prize!
General | Posted 11 years agoI won!
I almost didn't enter but, after setting up the Gaming department at Furry Migration, I went back to my room and logged on to my laptop to see what the "secret ingredients" were going to be for the inaugural "Iron Pen" Flash Fiction contest.
Entered anonymously, I had to write a story no longer than 1,000 words in 12 hours or less, including a Minnesota native animal (I chose a raven and threw in a moose for good measure), a "migration" (I elected to choose a mystical journey from life into death), and "time travel".
Very cool result: I won! YES!
Maybe I've not lost my touch, yet, eh?
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
I almost didn't enter but, after setting up the Gaming department at Furry Migration, I went back to my room and logged on to my laptop to see what the "secret ingredients" were going to be for the inaugural "Iron Pen" Flash Fiction contest.
Entered anonymously, I had to write a story no longer than 1,000 words in 12 hours or less, including a Minnesota native animal (I chose a raven and threw in a moose for good measure), a "migration" (I elected to choose a mystical journey from life into death), and "time travel".
Very cool result: I won! YES!
Maybe I've not lost my touch, yet, eh?
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Furry Migration 2014 - #fm2014
General | Posted 11 years agoGood day, all,
Just a reminder that I'm now at Furry Migration. I'm running the tabletop gaming department and, now, in the hotel. http://www.furrymigration.com/
Ping me and we'll play games!
Or something.
On Twitter, the official hashtag is #fm2014 (click on that link to see the current feed of Tweets).
Be there!
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Just a reminder that I'm now at Furry Migration. I'm running the tabletop gaming department and, now, in the hotel. http://www.furrymigration.com/
Ping me and we'll play games!
Or something.
On Twitter, the official hashtag is #fm2014 (click on that link to see the current feed of Tweets).
Be there!
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
How to Celebrate
General | Posted 11 years agoAt 9:15 this morning I will (in the future tense, since I'm writing this at 7:45am) have completed 47 trips around the sun. Yes: I'm definitely a grey-muzzle. But how does one celebrate when so much of their life is not worth celebrating? Birthdays are about a person's life, in toto, and not cherry-picked. Or at least that's how I view it.
Since last October, almost a year now, I've been wrestling with a resurgence of the depression that took me years to fight last time. I'm not even sure if I ever really beat it, to be honest. Maybe it just fell into the background as an annoying hum that I didn't notice until late 2013, again. But my diet faltered, I have gained back all the weight I'd lost, and between work and my volunteer life in local fandom, I'm stretched as thin as thin can be. I feel like a rubber band about to break.
So what's worth celebrating? That I still exist? That's not celebratory in my mind. What about celebrating all the stuff I've created? That's a bit more realistic but, really, that's not something to celebrate on a birthday ... that's more an everyday kind of thing. What about me is really worth celebrating?
I'm not sure I have an answer but I'm going to celebrate anyway.
I'm going to go down to the Minnesota State Fair with my mother, my siblings, and their families. Not my first choice, true, but it's hard for me to know what I really want when my brain is so twisted around like this. I'm going to go and see if I can recapture the feeling of my youth when I would go to the Fair, eat mini-doughnuts and corn-dogs, play video games, and take in the latest crop art. (Yes, "crop art" is a thing; Google it.) I'm going to celebrate who I was when I really embraced the Fair as something that was integral to my life. That person was pretty cool (even though he once slammed 30+ ounces of Mountain Dew on a 97-degree day and got so violently ill that he couldn't stand to look at Mountain Dew for the next 20 years...)
I think I'll celebrate him and see if I can find the through-line that connects us.
Now I think I'm going to go out and buy some breakfast. A corned beef hash Eggs Benedict (with tons of hollandaise) is about the best breakfast you can have and, luckily, there's a place nearby that serves it.
I think I may be turning a corner with my depression; time will tell. I really am tired most of the time but hope that once I get some space and freedom to reassess my life (and come to grips with how busy I've been for the last year), I'll be able to return to more realistic levels of "me".
Yours,
Sylvan
Since last October, almost a year now, I've been wrestling with a resurgence of the depression that took me years to fight last time. I'm not even sure if I ever really beat it, to be honest. Maybe it just fell into the background as an annoying hum that I didn't notice until late 2013, again. But my diet faltered, I have gained back all the weight I'd lost, and between work and my volunteer life in local fandom, I'm stretched as thin as thin can be. I feel like a rubber band about to break.
So what's worth celebrating? That I still exist? That's not celebratory in my mind. What about celebrating all the stuff I've created? That's a bit more realistic but, really, that's not something to celebrate on a birthday ... that's more an everyday kind of thing. What about me is really worth celebrating?
I'm not sure I have an answer but I'm going to celebrate anyway.
I'm going to go down to the Minnesota State Fair with my mother, my siblings, and their families. Not my first choice, true, but it's hard for me to know what I really want when my brain is so twisted around like this. I'm going to go and see if I can recapture the feeling of my youth when I would go to the Fair, eat mini-doughnuts and corn-dogs, play video games, and take in the latest crop art. (Yes, "crop art" is a thing; Google it.) I'm going to celebrate who I was when I really embraced the Fair as something that was integral to my life. That person was pretty cool (even though he once slammed 30+ ounces of Mountain Dew on a 97-degree day and got so violently ill that he couldn't stand to look at Mountain Dew for the next 20 years...)
I think I'll celebrate him and see if I can find the through-line that connects us.
Now I think I'm going to go out and buy some breakfast. A corned beef hash Eggs Benedict (with tons of hollandaise) is about the best breakfast you can have and, luckily, there's a place nearby that serves it.
I think I may be turning a corner with my depression; time will tell. I really am tired most of the time but hope that once I get some space and freedom to reassess my life (and come to grips with how busy I've been for the last year), I'll be able to return to more realistic levels of "me".
Yours,
Sylvan
Furry Migration Gaming!
General | Posted 11 years agoOne and all, in addition to a fabulous array of video games being put together by my colleagues in the Gaming Department, I am proud to share with you the listing of tabletop gaming events that I've scheduled for Furry Migration's first year!
Come on along, roll some dice, flip some cards, move those tokens, and play those roles: gaming rules!
Lords of Waterdeep (Referee: Matt McMillan)
Lords of Waterdeep
Friday, 2:00pm - 6:00pm (4 hours) - Menominee East (Table 4) - 3-5 players
You know the story: the group of hardy adventurers meet a shadowy figure in a tavern who gives them a quest. But what do you know about the shadowy figures? Find out! Come and play the board game that lets you portray one of the secret masters of the fabled city, Waterdeep. Send adventurers off on quests to further your own goals and, in the end, shape the city in your own image!
No experience needed.
Room Party: the Game (with the Furry con expansion) (Referee: Sylvan)
Room Party
Friday, 2:00pm - 4:30pm (2-½ hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players
Ever want to run a room party at a con? Ever want to have the best? Ever want to sabotage the others? Ever wonder what a vodka-soaked tiger smells like? Come and join in this fast-paced game of convention parties: including the “Furry Con” expansion set!
No experience needed.
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament (Referee: The Poetry Ninja)
Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game
Friday, 3:30pm - 7:30pm (4 hours) - Menominee East (Tables 2 - 3) - 12-16 players
This card game will welcome players, known as duelists, of all skill levels to come try their hand at winning some fabulous prizes. This tournament will have a free entry fee, and shall follow the recent Forbidden/Limited List with an exception, players will be allowed to use 1 forbidden card in their deck. Don't know how to play, that's fine, our fabulous judges and players will be happy to teach you, and who knows you might be able to get a free deck out of it all, too.
No experience needed.
Furry Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon (Part One: 4th Level) (Referee: Joe Sto/Scott Lessman)
Pathfinder (OGL)
Friday, 6:30pm - 12:30am (6 hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players (possible extra slots; see GM)
For ages untold, a gemstone monolith has pierced the heart of the Echo Wood. Now, as civilization intrudes upon this enigmatic splinter, a strange life once again stirs in the depths—one with ties to undying evils and a might beyond time itself. The promise of wealth and power calls to glory-seekers from across the Inner Sea region, tempting them into a labyrinth of monster-haunted vaults, defiled tombs, arcane laboratories, and worse, as they seek to unveil the secrets locked below the legendary Emerald Spire.
Some experience needed.
Keepers of the Universe Draft Tournament (Referee: Velli Wolf)
Keepers of the Universe
Friday, 8pm - 10:30pm (2-½ hours) - Menominee East (Open Gaming Table 1) - 5 players
For those who are interested beyond the basics of learning this game there will be a draft-style tournament with booster packs and maybe more as prizes depending on how many participate! For information on how this game works, see the how-to panel for this game.
Some experience needed.
Furry Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon (Part Two: 6th Level) (Referee: Joe Sto/Scott Lessman)
Pathfinder (OGL)
Saturday, 11:00am - 5:00pm (6 hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players (possible extra slots; see GM)
For ages untold, a gemstone monolith has pierced the heart of the Echo Wood. Now, as civilization intrudes upon this enigmatic splinter, a strange life once again stirs in the depths—one with ties to undying evils and a might beyond time itself. The promise of wealth and power calls to glory-seekers from across the Inner Sea region, tempting them into a labyrinth of monster-haunted vaults, defiled tombs, arcane laboratories, and worse, as they seek to unveil the secrets locked below the legendary Emerald Spire.
Some experience needed.
King of Tokyo (Referee: Matt McMillan)
King of Tokyo
Saturday, 11:00am - 12 Noon (1 hour) - Menominee East (Table 2) - 3-5 players
Giant monsters destroying the city? Of course! Why not? And, furthermore, why not portray those monsters? King of Tokyo is the board game where giant monsters mutate and battle over which will be the undisputed master of the city. Macros should definitely apply!
No experience needed.
Furry Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon (Part Three: 9th Level) (Referee: Joe Sto/Scott Lessman)
Pathfinder (OGL)
Saturday, 6:30pm - 12:30am (6 hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players (possible extra slots; see GM)
For ages untold, a gemstone monolith has pierced the heart of the Echo Wood. Now, as civilization intrudes upon this enigmatic splinter, a strange life once again stirs in the depths—one with ties to undying evils and a might beyond time itself. The promise of wealth and power calls to glory-seekers from across the Inner Sea region, tempting them into a labyrinth of monster-haunted vaults, defiled tombs, arcane laboratories, and worse, as they seek to unveil the secrets locked below the legendary Emerald Spire.
Some experience needed.
Magic: the Gathering Tournament (Referee: Matt McMillan)
Magic: the Gathering
Saturday, 6:30pm - 12:30 Mid (6 hours) - Menominee East (Tables 2 - 3) - 8-16 players
Get your duel on with the grand-daddy of all collectible card games! Bring your deck for this Legacy tournament of epic proportions. Four rounds to see who is the mightiest of wizards in the Multiverse: join in and determine your fate! Prizes sponsored by Level Up Games.
Some experience needed.
Return of Room Party: the Game (with the Furry con expansion) (Referee: Sylvan)
Room Party
Sunday, 9:30am - 12:00 Noon (2-½ hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players
Your second chance to run a room party at a con! Your second chance to be Master of Party Fandom! Sabotage the other parties at the con while building up your own. Learn what those popufurs are really like when you hand them a drink… Come and join in this fast-paced game of convention parties: including the “Furry Con” expansion set!
No experience needed.
Tsuro (Referee: Matt McMillan)
Tsuro
Sunday, 11:00am - 12 Noon (1 hour) - Menominee East (Table 4) - 2-8 players
The dragons of the air beckon you to find your path. In this exciting, twisting, and turning tile-based board game, you must chart your path. But beware: you may be turned in unexpected directions by the other players … or off the board, entirely!
No experience needed.
Whack A Catgirl! (Referee: René McMillan)
Whack A Catgirl!
Sunday, 11:00am - 12 Noon (1 hour) - Menominee East (Table 3) - 2-5 players
Neko-chan, the catgirl, is cute! Therefore she must be pelted with various objects. Plushies, buckets of water, other fangirls, you name it! Choose cards to build an arsenal of items lure and throw at the catgirl. A hilarious game of cards and cats!
No experience needed.
Fundraising Poker Tournament (Referee: Snowolf)
Texas Hold’em Poker
Saturday, 12:30pm - 4:30pm (4 hours) - Menominee East (Tables 2 - 4) - 12-27 players - Adults only!
Come one come all to the first annual Furry Migration poker tournament. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a beginner, this tournament will be an exciting and fun way to spend your afternoon. The tournament this year will follow the standard casino style and will include rebuys and add-ons. A $10 donation will grant you a seat at the tournament and, with an additional $5, you can increase your starting stack by 50%. There will be prizes for the top 5 players along with a prize for being on the “bubble” and medals for the top three. First prize will be a sponsor membership for next year’s FM! Don’t miss your chance to become a legend!
Some experience needed.
Artemis Bridge Simulator (Referee: The Royal Manticoran Navy)
Artemis
Take a position on a simulated spaceship bridge and help defeat pirates, navigate space, and avoid space-whales! (Okay, the space whales do nothing, but they’re pretty cool.) One computer runs the “main screen”, while the players serve on workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do: Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room working to help the Captain achieve your goals.
No experience needed.
Furries Against Humanity (Referee: Flip)
Cards Against Humanity
Friday, 8:00pm - 12:30pm (4-½ hours) - Winnebago - 12 players - Adults only!
Saturday, 8:00pm - 12:30pm (4-½ hours) - Winnebago - 12 players - Adults only!
Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends. The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a black card, and everyone else answers with their funniest white card. It is racist, sexist, and just-plain-offensive. Check your ability to be offended at the door.
No experience needed.
Come on along, roll some dice, flip some cards, move those tokens, and play those roles: gaming rules!
Furry Migration WebsiteScheduled Gaming EventsFridayLords of Waterdeep (Referee: Matt McMillan)
Lords of Waterdeep
Friday, 2:00pm - 6:00pm (4 hours) - Menominee East (Table 4) - 3-5 players
You know the story: the group of hardy adventurers meet a shadowy figure in a tavern who gives them a quest. But what do you know about the shadowy figures? Find out! Come and play the board game that lets you portray one of the secret masters of the fabled city, Waterdeep. Send adventurers off on quests to further your own goals and, in the end, shape the city in your own image!
No experience needed.
Room Party: the Game (with the Furry con expansion) (Referee: Sylvan)
Room Party
Friday, 2:00pm - 4:30pm (2-½ hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players
Ever want to run a room party at a con? Ever want to have the best? Ever want to sabotage the others? Ever wonder what a vodka-soaked tiger smells like? Come and join in this fast-paced game of convention parties: including the “Furry Con” expansion set!
No experience needed.
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament (Referee: The Poetry Ninja)
Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game
Friday, 3:30pm - 7:30pm (4 hours) - Menominee East (Tables 2 - 3) - 12-16 players
This card game will welcome players, known as duelists, of all skill levels to come try their hand at winning some fabulous prizes. This tournament will have a free entry fee, and shall follow the recent Forbidden/Limited List with an exception, players will be allowed to use 1 forbidden card in their deck. Don't know how to play, that's fine, our fabulous judges and players will be happy to teach you, and who knows you might be able to get a free deck out of it all, too.
No experience needed.
Furry Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon (Part One: 4th Level) (Referee: Joe Sto/Scott Lessman)
Pathfinder (OGL)
Friday, 6:30pm - 12:30am (6 hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players (possible extra slots; see GM)
For ages untold, a gemstone monolith has pierced the heart of the Echo Wood. Now, as civilization intrudes upon this enigmatic splinter, a strange life once again stirs in the depths—one with ties to undying evils and a might beyond time itself. The promise of wealth and power calls to glory-seekers from across the Inner Sea region, tempting them into a labyrinth of monster-haunted vaults, defiled tombs, arcane laboratories, and worse, as they seek to unveil the secrets locked below the legendary Emerald Spire.
Some experience needed.
Keepers of the Universe Draft Tournament (Referee: Velli Wolf)
Keepers of the Universe
Friday, 8pm - 10:30pm (2-½ hours) - Menominee East (Open Gaming Table 1) - 5 players
For those who are interested beyond the basics of learning this game there will be a draft-style tournament with booster packs and maybe more as prizes depending on how many participate! For information on how this game works, see the how-to panel for this game.
Some experience needed.
SaturdayFurry Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon (Part Two: 6th Level) (Referee: Joe Sto/Scott Lessman)
Pathfinder (OGL)
Saturday, 11:00am - 5:00pm (6 hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players (possible extra slots; see GM)
For ages untold, a gemstone monolith has pierced the heart of the Echo Wood. Now, as civilization intrudes upon this enigmatic splinter, a strange life once again stirs in the depths—one with ties to undying evils and a might beyond time itself. The promise of wealth and power calls to glory-seekers from across the Inner Sea region, tempting them into a labyrinth of monster-haunted vaults, defiled tombs, arcane laboratories, and worse, as they seek to unveil the secrets locked below the legendary Emerald Spire.
Some experience needed.
King of Tokyo (Referee: Matt McMillan)
King of Tokyo
Saturday, 11:00am - 12 Noon (1 hour) - Menominee East (Table 2) - 3-5 players
Giant monsters destroying the city? Of course! Why not? And, furthermore, why not portray those monsters? King of Tokyo is the board game where giant monsters mutate and battle over which will be the undisputed master of the city. Macros should definitely apply!
No experience needed.
Furry Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon (Part Three: 9th Level) (Referee: Joe Sto/Scott Lessman)
Pathfinder (OGL)
Saturday, 6:30pm - 12:30am (6 hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players (possible extra slots; see GM)
For ages untold, a gemstone monolith has pierced the heart of the Echo Wood. Now, as civilization intrudes upon this enigmatic splinter, a strange life once again stirs in the depths—one with ties to undying evils and a might beyond time itself. The promise of wealth and power calls to glory-seekers from across the Inner Sea region, tempting them into a labyrinth of monster-haunted vaults, defiled tombs, arcane laboratories, and worse, as they seek to unveil the secrets locked below the legendary Emerald Spire.
Some experience needed.
Magic: the Gathering Tournament (Referee: Matt McMillan)
Magic: the Gathering
Saturday, 6:30pm - 12:30 Mid (6 hours) - Menominee East (Tables 2 - 3) - 8-16 players
Get your duel on with the grand-daddy of all collectible card games! Bring your deck for this Legacy tournament of epic proportions. Four rounds to see who is the mightiest of wizards in the Multiverse: join in and determine your fate! Prizes sponsored by Level Up Games.
Some experience needed.
SundayReturn of Room Party: the Game (with the Furry con expansion) (Referee: Sylvan)
Room Party
Sunday, 9:30am - 12:00 Noon (2-½ hours) - Menominee East (Table 1) - 6 players
Your second chance to run a room party at a con! Your second chance to be Master of Party Fandom! Sabotage the other parties at the con while building up your own. Learn what those popufurs are really like when you hand them a drink… Come and join in this fast-paced game of convention parties: including the “Furry Con” expansion set!
No experience needed.
Tsuro (Referee: Matt McMillan)
Tsuro
Sunday, 11:00am - 12 Noon (1 hour) - Menominee East (Table 4) - 2-8 players
The dragons of the air beckon you to find your path. In this exciting, twisting, and turning tile-based board game, you must chart your path. But beware: you may be turned in unexpected directions by the other players … or off the board, entirely!
No experience needed.
Whack A Catgirl! (Referee: René McMillan)
Whack A Catgirl!
Sunday, 11:00am - 12 Noon (1 hour) - Menominee East (Table 3) - 2-5 players
Neko-chan, the catgirl, is cute! Therefore she must be pelted with various objects. Plushies, buckets of water, other fangirls, you name it! Choose cards to build an arsenal of items lure and throw at the catgirl. A hilarious game of cards and cats!
No experience needed.
Special Gaming EventsFundraising Poker Tournament (Referee: Snowolf)
Texas Hold’em Poker
Saturday, 12:30pm - 4:30pm (4 hours) - Menominee East (Tables 2 - 4) - 12-27 players - Adults only!
Come one come all to the first annual Furry Migration poker tournament. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a beginner, this tournament will be an exciting and fun way to spend your afternoon. The tournament this year will follow the standard casino style and will include rebuys and add-ons. A $10 donation will grant you a seat at the tournament and, with an additional $5, you can increase your starting stack by 50%. There will be prizes for the top 5 players along with a prize for being on the “bubble” and medals for the top three. First prize will be a sponsor membership for next year’s FM! Don’t miss your chance to become a legend!
Some experience needed.
Artemis Bridge Simulator (Referee: The Royal Manticoran Navy)
Artemis
Take a position on a simulated spaceship bridge and help defeat pirates, navigate space, and avoid space-whales! (Okay, the space whales do nothing, but they’re pretty cool.) One computer runs the “main screen”, while the players serve on workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do: Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room working to help the Captain achieve your goals.
No experience needed.
Furries Against Humanity (Referee: Flip)
Cards Against Humanity
Friday, 8:00pm - 12:30pm (4-½ hours) - Winnebago - 12 players - Adults only!
Saturday, 8:00pm - 12:30pm (4-½ hours) - Winnebago - 12 players - Adults only!
Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends. The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a black card, and everyone else answers with their funniest white card. It is racist, sexist, and just-plain-offensive. Check your ability to be offended at the door.
No experience needed.
Furry Migration WebsiteRegister for Furry Migration - Minnesota's First Furry Con!
General | Posted 11 years agoOkay, everyone: we're into the final days, now.
Register to attend Minnesota's first furry con: "Furry Migration"!
https://reg.furrymigration.org/reg
Yours,
Sylvan
Register to attend Minnesota's first furry con: "Furry Migration"!
https://reg.furrymigration.org/reg
Yours,
Sylvan
Furry Migration Meme
General | Posted 11 years agoTaken from 
mmmatches
How do you want to be addressed?
"Sylvan" is good.
Gender?
Male
Age?
47
What do you look like?
Kinda fat; glasses and brown hair. I tend to wear polo shirts with pockets. I gotta have my pockets.
Where/how can I find you?
Oh, I'll be in gaming ... and other places. Mostly gaming.
How are you getting there?
In a car!
What hotel are you staying at?
The Thunderbird! Er, uh, whatever it's called these days... (I'm old.)
Which days will you be attending?
Thursday - Sunday
Do you do requests?
Depends on the request.
Do you do trades?
Not likely, I'm afraid.
Do you do commissions?
Sometimes; but I'm really backed-up.
Will you have prints, CDs, or merchandise?
Nope.
Will you have Art in the Art Show?
Nope.
Who will you be with?
JoMo and
wom-bat
What is your main purpose for attending?
I'm on staff and love gaming.
Can I talk to you?
Please do!
Can I take pictures with you?
Yeppers!
Can I touch/hug/cuddle you?
In all liklihood.
Can I hang out with you?
Depends. Ask me!
Do you go to parties?
Depends on how burned-out I am around other people by party-time.
Do you fursuit/costume?
Nope.
What is the best way to reach you?
Talk to me.
Anything else?
I'm running tabletop gaming!
mmmatchesHow do you want to be addressed?
"Sylvan" is good.
Gender?
Male
Age?
47
What do you look like?
Kinda fat; glasses and brown hair. I tend to wear polo shirts with pockets. I gotta have my pockets.
Where/how can I find you?
Oh, I'll be in gaming ... and other places. Mostly gaming.
How are you getting there?
In a car!
What hotel are you staying at?
The Thunderbird! Er, uh, whatever it's called these days... (I'm old.)
Which days will you be attending?
Thursday - Sunday
Do you do requests?
Depends on the request.
Do you do trades?
Not likely, I'm afraid.
Do you do commissions?
Sometimes; but I'm really backed-up.
Will you have prints, CDs, or merchandise?
Nope.
Will you have Art in the Art Show?
Nope.
Who will you be with?
JoMo and
wom-batWhat is your main purpose for attending?
I'm on staff and love gaming.
Can I talk to you?
Please do!
Can I take pictures with you?
Yeppers!
Can I touch/hug/cuddle you?
In all liklihood.
Can I hang out with you?
Depends. Ask me!
Do you go to parties?
Depends on how burned-out I am around other people by party-time.
Do you fursuit/costume?
Nope.
What is the best way to reach you?
Talk to me.
Anything else?
I'm running tabletop gaming!
See Ya'll At The CON
General | Posted 11 years agoARRGH!
General | Posted 11 years agoSo, what happened to customer service for software? The latest iTunes update, 11.2.0.115, has broken my ability to listen to podcasts: freezing the program and forcing me to forcibly shut it down with Task Manager. I've checked Apple forums and they're no use. I've tried what I could find but been moving back and forth so much, doing so many things, that I'm totally confused as to what I've tried and what I have not. I don't even remember any more.
I've also been having trouble with watching things on LiveStream: their ads show just fine but anything else just yields a blank screen. I've opened a trouble ticket but no one gives a shit.
Janetter, too. I can't even contact customer service no matter how many times I try to reach out to them via their only means of contact: a Twitter account.
Then there's Trillian. It's been crashing, constantly, while trying to use multiple Twitter/email/etc... accounts. I opened a trouble ticket, provided all the details I could, and only get "we'll let you know if we find anything".
All this stuff is failing, left and right. I'm frustrated because I cannot interact with the Web and my basic tools any more. I've just about had it.
I've also been having trouble with watching things on LiveStream: their ads show just fine but anything else just yields a blank screen. I've opened a trouble ticket but no one gives a shit.
Janetter, too. I can't even contact customer service no matter how many times I try to reach out to them via their only means of contact: a Twitter account.
Then there's Trillian. It's been crashing, constantly, while trying to use multiple Twitter/email/etc... accounts. I opened a trouble ticket, provided all the details I could, and only get "we'll let you know if we find anything".
All this stuff is failing, left and right. I'm frustrated because I cannot interact with the Web and my basic tools any more. I've just about had it.
10,000 Views
General | Posted 11 years agoHunh. I recently passed 10,000 views.
Interesting.
Does that mean I'm done, now? Or maybe I'm popular? Perhaps it's just a number that doesn't really mean anything. Art is a lie. #BoBurnham
Or maybe it just means that I'm still here, still liked for some reason, and folk enjoy seeing what I've got going on in my gallery.
My thoughts and sympathetic prayers are with them. :)
Yours,
Sylvan
Interesting.
Does that mean I'm done, now? Or maybe I'm popular? Perhaps it's just a number that doesn't really mean anything. Art is a lie. #BoBurnham
Or maybe it just means that I'm still here, still liked for some reason, and folk enjoy seeing what I've got going on in my gallery.
My thoughts and sympathetic prayers are with them. :)
Yours,
Sylvan
Inscrutable
General | Posted 11 years agoThis will make the fourth time I've started over, from scratch, on the sequel to Indelible. A commission for 
yamaxanadu, I've had a really difficult time writing this for some reason. Much of it has been the insecurity I have felt in my daily life. I like much of what I do for a living but not the conditions under which I do it.
Much of my problems arise from two areas: a lack of structure in which clients can deliver their demands to us coders and the distance (sheer, physical distance) I have to drive to get to and from work, everyday.
While at work, I'm putting out fires and working on complex code, constantly. Projects change scope far too frequently as clients often seem willing to walk all over us with no regard for either their contracts or how their shifting demands impact delivery of their sites. Worse, higher-up marketing people seem to just promise things without regard for whether or not it could or should be done. I've been facing this for years and, after the layoffs a year ago (and the more recent layoffs six months ago) we have even fewer coders than ever to handle all this crap. As a result, when I get home the last thing I want to do is sit in front of my computer and create stuff. I just want to eat dinner (not even cook it, myself) and watch TV or YouTube.
Honestly, I disgust myself.
Then there's the commute. It's about thirty minutes one-way in good traffic. Homeward bound, it usually takes forty-five minutes. I end up sitting on my ass, often in stress-inducing bumper-to-bumper traffic, for so long that I just end up stewing in my darker thoughts for the whole time. Again, by the point I reach home, I'm often filled with anger and rage: neither being particularly conducive to writing or creating games.
But these are the surface, easy-to-see problems.
Beneath them is the more difficult-to-perceive set of issues that come from being middle-aged (and yet still sexual), being fat (having gained back most of the weight I lost last year), hating how I look (my weight is a big part of that), not having a game to referee as a creative outlet (my cooking for others isn't really a good substitute, I've found), and having a libido just as strong as it was back in my twenties (yet being told, either explicitly or obliquely, that I should not desire sex at my age nor be attracted to the kind of guys I'm attracted to - people who don't look like me and are, frankly, younger.)
I hate this part of gay culture: the fetishization of youth and slender perfection. And yet I've fallen for it: hook, line, and sinker. As much as I know it is an artifact of our popular and corporate-driven culture, I still find myself mired in its expectations. I want to like who I like regardless of appearance but that seems to be beyond me for some reason. While intellectually, I'm attracted to many different sorts of people, the body image gay men are supposed to have has taken root so solidly, its really tough for me to figure out how to escape it.
Yes, I'm still seeing my therapist. We're working on multiple issues although, mostly, my feelings of needing to eat even when I'm full because I don't feel satisfied.
But the why of all this is ... opaque. I don't get it and I'm one of the most introspective people I've ever met. I'm too often told I live too much in my head ... that I cannot just live life. And it's true. But there's also no clear answer: no clear set of "do this, practice that, and engage in the following activities" to get to the root of it all and re-forge who I am.
I feel that I've lost friends, that people don't respond or engage with me any more (emails, Tweets, IMs, social media posts, etc...) and I feel that I'm trapped in a job that I mostly am doing for the money.
I think.
It's so strange to not be sure of any of that; of not being able to see behind my behaviors to the underlying causes and motivations. But maybe I can figure this out. Maybe I can work this out in the story I'm starting, again, for the fourth time. I'm not sure. But I need to try something because, otherwise, I'll just drift away and dissolve ... fading away into a miasma of inconsequentiality. I want to be happy, I want to maintain my friendships, I want to have a creative outlet that doesn't require so much of me that simply a day of work and commuting doesn't kill my ability to engage in it. I want to adjust my perspectives and not feel hypocritical for who I find attractive and my sexual desires (without seeming like an aging creeper).
That's a lot to hang on a single story ... especially one I don't even know if it will work, yet.
But, again, I've got to try.
Thank you for listening.
Yours,
Sylvan
yamaxanadu, I've had a really difficult time writing this for some reason. Much of it has been the insecurity I have felt in my daily life. I like much of what I do for a living but not the conditions under which I do it.Much of my problems arise from two areas: a lack of structure in which clients can deliver their demands to us coders and the distance (sheer, physical distance) I have to drive to get to and from work, everyday.
While at work, I'm putting out fires and working on complex code, constantly. Projects change scope far too frequently as clients often seem willing to walk all over us with no regard for either their contracts or how their shifting demands impact delivery of their sites. Worse, higher-up marketing people seem to just promise things without regard for whether or not it could or should be done. I've been facing this for years and, after the layoffs a year ago (and the more recent layoffs six months ago) we have even fewer coders than ever to handle all this crap. As a result, when I get home the last thing I want to do is sit in front of my computer and create stuff. I just want to eat dinner (not even cook it, myself) and watch TV or YouTube.
Honestly, I disgust myself.
Then there's the commute. It's about thirty minutes one-way in good traffic. Homeward bound, it usually takes forty-five minutes. I end up sitting on my ass, often in stress-inducing bumper-to-bumper traffic, for so long that I just end up stewing in my darker thoughts for the whole time. Again, by the point I reach home, I'm often filled with anger and rage: neither being particularly conducive to writing or creating games.
But these are the surface, easy-to-see problems.
Beneath them is the more difficult-to-perceive set of issues that come from being middle-aged (and yet still sexual), being fat (having gained back most of the weight I lost last year), hating how I look (my weight is a big part of that), not having a game to referee as a creative outlet (my cooking for others isn't really a good substitute, I've found), and having a libido just as strong as it was back in my twenties (yet being told, either explicitly or obliquely, that I should not desire sex at my age nor be attracted to the kind of guys I'm attracted to - people who don't look like me and are, frankly, younger.)
I hate this part of gay culture: the fetishization of youth and slender perfection. And yet I've fallen for it: hook, line, and sinker. As much as I know it is an artifact of our popular and corporate-driven culture, I still find myself mired in its expectations. I want to like who I like regardless of appearance but that seems to be beyond me for some reason. While intellectually, I'm attracted to many different sorts of people, the body image gay men are supposed to have has taken root so solidly, its really tough for me to figure out how to escape it.
Yes, I'm still seeing my therapist. We're working on multiple issues although, mostly, my feelings of needing to eat even when I'm full because I don't feel satisfied.
But the why of all this is ... opaque. I don't get it and I'm one of the most introspective people I've ever met. I'm too often told I live too much in my head ... that I cannot just live life. And it's true. But there's also no clear answer: no clear set of "do this, practice that, and engage in the following activities" to get to the root of it all and re-forge who I am.
I feel that I've lost friends, that people don't respond or engage with me any more (emails, Tweets, IMs, social media posts, etc...) and I feel that I'm trapped in a job that I mostly am doing for the money.
I think.
It's so strange to not be sure of any of that; of not being able to see behind my behaviors to the underlying causes and motivations. But maybe I can figure this out. Maybe I can work this out in the story I'm starting, again, for the fourth time. I'm not sure. But I need to try something because, otherwise, I'll just drift away and dissolve ... fading away into a miasma of inconsequentiality. I want to be happy, I want to maintain my friendships, I want to have a creative outlet that doesn't require so much of me that simply a day of work and commuting doesn't kill my ability to engage in it. I want to adjust my perspectives and not feel hypocritical for who I find attractive and my sexual desires (without seeming like an aging creeper).
That's a lot to hang on a single story ... especially one I don't even know if it will work, yet.
But, again, I've got to try.
Thank you for listening.
Yours,
Sylvan
Wom-Bat Hosting Post-Stroke Sale
General | Posted 11 years agoMy good friend, Wom-Bat, is out of the hospital and hosting a "post-stroke" sale of his art to help make ends meet: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13091157/ .
Why don't you go over there and commission him?
Yours,
Sylvan
Wom-Bat, is out of the hospital and hosting a "post-stroke" sale of his art to help make ends meet: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13091157/ .Why don't you go over there and commission him?
Yours,
Sylvan
Exhaustion
General | Posted 11 years agoI like "the Walking Dead". I like apocalyptic fiction. But, honestly, while I wouldn't say "the show is too depressing" I will say that I'm exhausted by the monotony of it all. It's still brilliant (I am different from many fans who complain about the direction the show has taken ... I honestly loved season 4 and didn't think "the Farm" was all that bad) but despite this, the tone is so relentless that I'm finding it hard to have hope for the world any more.
I'm exhausted. I'll be glad to take some time off from the demolition of hope for a bit.
I just hope I'll be able to handle "Game of Thrones" next week.
Yours,
Sylvan
I'm exhausted. I'll be glad to take some time off from the demolition of hope for a bit.
I just hope I'll be able to handle "Game of Thrones" next week.
Yours,
Sylvan
Furry Migration - Gamer Furries: Unite!
General | Posted 11 years agoHey there, one and all.
Sylvan, here: head of tabletop gaming at Furry Migration!
Are you coming to this first-ever furry con in Minnesota this fall? It'll be within spitting distance of the (in)famous "Mall of America" and I'm trying to plan out a few things.
I'd love to know what you think a good furry con should offer in terms of tabletop gaming. (And, yes, there will be video games, too, but that's a different organizer!)
Tell me a few things:
1. Will you be at Furry Migration this fall?
2. Will you be interested in playing (or organizing) a game?
3. At a con, how long should a game session be? What's the longest you'd participate in? What's the average?
4. What gaming events would you like to see at the con?
5. Would you like to run a game, there?
Please: feel free to answer these questions, here, or go over to The Furry Migration Forums and answer the thread that I've started, there.
Also, the con's first promotional video is up:
So, are you coming yet? You should be!
You should be coming (phrasing!) and you should be gaming, when you do: even if it's just a few hands of "Cards Against Humanity", "Magic: the Gathering", or a tabletop Pathfinder game.
You know you should!
So, what do you think, sirs?
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Sylvan, here: head of tabletop gaming at Furry Migration!
Are you coming to this first-ever furry con in Minnesota this fall? It'll be within spitting distance of the (in)famous "Mall of America" and I'm trying to plan out a few things.
I'd love to know what you think a good furry con should offer in terms of tabletop gaming. (And, yes, there will be video games, too, but that's a different organizer!)
Tell me a few things:
1. Will you be at Furry Migration this fall?
2. Will you be interested in playing (or organizing) a game?
3. At a con, how long should a game session be? What's the longest you'd participate in? What's the average?
4. What gaming events would you like to see at the con?
5. Would you like to run a game, there?
Please: feel free to answer these questions, here, or go over to The Furry Migration Forums and answer the thread that I've started, there.
Also, the con's first promotional video is up:
https://youtu.be/jn-BJp8tfUgSo, are you coming yet? You should be!
You should be coming (phrasing!) and you should be gaming, when you do: even if it's just a few hands of "Cards Against Humanity", "Magic: the Gathering", or a tabletop Pathfinder game.
You know you should!
So, what do you think, sirs?
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Goblin Songs
General | Posted 11 years agoWe played "We Be Goblins" in our Pathfinder tabletop game on Saturday, March 29th and I ended up writing two little goblin songs to go with my alchemist character, Brexx. I realized that, in order to create his "bombs", he'd no doubt learned how to mix reagents together while attempting to create pickles. (Goblins love pickles.) So, in short, he would quickly assemble exploding pickles.
The first song is "the Pickle-Bomb Song":
verse 1
Here's a meal to make you moan,
Rupture lungs and burst your bone,
Boiled blood and pain they brew,
Taste the pickles that, first, bite you.
verse 2
Brew the brine from seeds I toast,
Spicy pickles: more than most.
Try a bite, it's true what's said:
"The bestest pickles make you dead."
The second song came from the fact that the chief of our goblin tribe wanted us to have a bonfire to burn away our bad luck before going on a mission. Brex, who hates spiders, figured that while others were gathering kindling and wood for the fire, he would gather spiders. He went around the goblin village hunting, stunning, (and often squishing) spiders to, later, toss into the fire.
As he did so, he sang this little bit: "the Spider Bonfire Song":
Spindly legs: crackle-pop,
Into fire, let them drop,
Around the kindling, spiders tuck,
With smoke and fire, bring us luck!
Arr!
I want to play him, again: soon!
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
The first song is "the Pickle-Bomb Song":
verse 1
Here's a meal to make you moan,
Rupture lungs and burst your bone,
Boiled blood and pain they brew,
Taste the pickles that, first, bite you.
verse 2
Brew the brine from seeds I toast,
Spicy pickles: more than most.
Try a bite, it's true what's said:
"The bestest pickles make you dead."
The second song came from the fact that the chief of our goblin tribe wanted us to have a bonfire to burn away our bad luck before going on a mission. Brex, who hates spiders, figured that while others were gathering kindling and wood for the fire, he would gather spiders. He went around the goblin village hunting, stunning, (and often squishing) spiders to, later, toss into the fire.
As he did so, he sang this little bit: "the Spider Bonfire Song":
Spindly legs: crackle-pop,
Into fire, let them drop,
Around the kindling, spiders tuck,
With smoke and fire, bring us luck!
Arr!
I want to play him, again: soon!
Yours,
Sylvan (Dave)
Bun-neh!
General | Posted 11 years agoCookin' rabbit for the gaming group, today. Let's see if the third time's the charm!
Yours,
Sylvan
Yours,
Sylvan
Paw*Con 2014 - Saturday Morning
General | Posted 11 years agoI've been in Milwaukee for a day and a half, now, and it's been simply amazing. The rest of the guys are all still asleep between the two houses, here, but I'm up, showered, and feeling relaxed. I made a pasta buffet for the guys, yesterday, and it went well. We watched a lot of YouTube, played Artemis on our networked laptops, and talked about life, the universe, and everything. Topics of conversation included "True Detective", the nature of writing for an audience, the new "Cosmos", furry fandom, the Game Grumps, exercise, dieting, growing older, friendship (it really is magic), "Doctor Who", and -of course- each of our lives since last we've all seen each other.
This annual gathering, whether in March or May, is something I treasure. I usually don't realize it until I get here. But driving past Madison, into Milwaukee on Thursday evening (as the sun dipped below the horizon, behind me), I felt a wave of peace wash over me. It was as if I was driving out from under a cloud with all my tensions and stresses pulled from my body by unseen hands.
I need to bottle this feeling.
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
This annual gathering, whether in March or May, is something I treasure. I usually don't realize it until I get here. But driving past Madison, into Milwaukee on Thursday evening (as the sun dipped below the horizon, behind me), I felt a wave of peace wash over me. It was as if I was driving out from under a cloud with all my tensions and stresses pulled from my body by unseen hands.
I need to bottle this feeling.
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Fred Phelps
General | Posted 12 years agohttp://gawker.com/ex-westboro-bapti.....all-1544924334
So, I hear Fred Phelps is dying. Good riddance. It's sad he never learned, never realized what loving his fellow man really meant.
I will not mourn Fred Phelps. I might even celebrate his passing in some small way. But I'll still feel sorry for how pained he was.
By picketing funerals, he proved that what he was about was really fame. His religious beliefs took a back-seat to who he truly was: a small, bitter man seeking attention in the worst possible ways. I think the best thing to happen when he finally goes will be for him to die, unnoticed and unheralded: neither as role-model nor as cautionary tale. He should die and be forgotten. It would truly be the antithesis of everything he stood for and best serve to undermine what he worked so hard to achieve in life.
I don't believe in a literal Hell or Heaven. These are states of mind. Fred Phelps will not go to Hell when he dies. He's been there for years.
http://gawker.com/ex-westboro-bapti.....all-1544924334
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
So, I hear Fred Phelps is dying. Good riddance. It's sad he never learned, never realized what loving his fellow man really meant.
I will not mourn Fred Phelps. I might even celebrate his passing in some small way. But I'll still feel sorry for how pained he was.
By picketing funerals, he proved that what he was about was really fame. His religious beliefs took a back-seat to who he truly was: a small, bitter man seeking attention in the worst possible ways. I think the best thing to happen when he finally goes will be for him to die, unnoticed and unheralded: neither as role-model nor as cautionary tale. He should die and be forgotten. It would truly be the antithesis of everything he stood for and best serve to undermine what he worked so hard to achieve in life.
I don't believe in a literal Hell or Heaven. These are states of mind. Fred Phelps will not go to Hell when he dies. He's been there for years.
http://gawker.com/ex-westboro-bapti.....all-1544924334
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Wom-Bat/Louis is doing much better
General | Posted 12 years agoJust as an update, Lou is doing much better. He's able to eat, walk, and play a DS. He was able to get to medical care fairly quickly after the stroke and, as a result, is doing very well. He may even be out of the hospital by Wednesday or Thursday. We'll keep our fingers crossed!
I've relayed all the well-wishes to him and he was grateful in that quiet, genial way of his.
For now, even though I tend to be pessimistic by natural way of course, I'm feeling like he's going to pull through.
Wom-Bat has been one of my best friends for many years; I cannot say how relieved I am.
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
I've relayed all the well-wishes to him and he was grateful in that quiet, genial way of his.
For now, even though I tend to be pessimistic by natural way of course, I'm feeling like he's going to pull through.
Wom-Bat has been one of my best friends for many years; I cannot say how relieved I am.Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Wom-Bat/Louis Frank Hospitalized
General | Posted 12 years agoGood day, all,
I got permission to post this. As many of you know, Wom-Bat (aka Louis Frank) is a roommate/tenant of mine. He's also one of my best friends. This past Saturday, he had a stroke. I found out upon my return from FurSquared.
He is doing much better, today, and his speech is (at least to my ears) completely recovered. He is still in the hospital and will, understandably, not be working on commissions for a little bit.
I'm sure he would appreciate you knowing that he's going to recover and that he thanks you all for your support and kind words. I don't have many more details right now but he seemed fine when I left Saint Joseph's a couple hours ago.
Please let folk know that he's resting and doing well.
He's in my thoughts, too, as he continues to recuperate.
Yours,
Sylvan
I got permission to post this. As many of you know,
Wom-Bat (aka Louis Frank) is a roommate/tenant of mine. He's also one of my best friends. This past Saturday, he had a stroke. I found out upon my return from FurSquared.He is doing much better, today, and his speech is (at least to my ears) completely recovered. He is still in the hospital and will, understandably, not be working on commissions for a little bit.
I'm sure he would appreciate you knowing that he's going to recover and that he thanks you all for your support and kind words. I don't have many more details right now but he seemed fine when I left Saint Joseph's a couple hours ago.
Please let folk know that he's resting and doing well.
He's in my thoughts, too, as he continues to recuperate.
Yours,
Sylvan
The Inaugural FurSquared Fursuit Parade
General | Posted 12 years agoThis is where I've been this weekend...
I had a great time this past weekend in Milwaukee-land and, just to share, here's the first ever fursuit parade at FurSquared.
I'm looking forward to returning next year.
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
https://youtu.be/iIdq-6qLiLA
The inaugural FurSquared fursuit parade, 2014I had a great time this past weekend in Milwaukee-land and, just to share, here's the first ever fursuit parade at FurSquared.
I'm looking forward to returning next year.
Yours,
Sylvan Scott
Fox News and Hotel Lobby/Restaurant TV Screens
General | Posted 12 years agoThis is a fine hotel. The rooms are excellent and very posh ... especially for the con-negotiated rate. I hope FurSquared continues to use this fine establishment. My only "raised eyebrow" moment was realizing that the TVs they have in the public areas are turned to Fox News.
You'd think that a national chain like Sheraton would want to avoid news with a stated and intentional bias or slant. I'd feel the same way if they had "the Young Turks" or MSNBC playing.
Then again, they also put TV screens in the hotel restaurant. That's something I've grown to loathe in normal restaurants as an unnecessary distraction. To have it in a hotel where I'm trying to relax is even more annoying. The annoyance only grows when those screens are showing Fox.
Yours,
Sylvan
You'd think that a national chain like Sheraton would want to avoid news with a stated and intentional bias or slant. I'd feel the same way if they had "the Young Turks" or MSNBC playing.
Then again, they also put TV screens in the hotel restaurant. That's something I've grown to loathe in normal restaurants as an unnecessary distraction. To have it in a hotel where I'm trying to relax is even more annoying. The annoyance only grows when those screens are showing Fox.
Yours,
Sylvan
